Calcium influx in Trypanosoma brucei can be induced by amphiphilic peptides and amines

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-200

  Ruben, Larry ^c   Akins, Carl D ^c   Haghighat, Nasser G ^a,c   Xue, Li ^b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium signals; compound 48 80; mastoparan; melittin; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMINE; AMPHOPHILE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; COMPOUND 48-80; DIVALENT CATION; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FURA 2; GRAMICIDIN D; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; LANTHANUM; MASTOPARAN; MELITTIN; NICKEL; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0010531155     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02707-7     Document Type: Article

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